The Ohio Sci-Fi and Horror Marathons

I believe the other Ohio marathon requires everyone under a certain age to leave during the late night hours, though they can come back in the morning. I wonder if this is part of the reason for that?

None of the Ohio Marathons currently have this edict. In the first few years of the Drexel's 24 Hour Horrorthon, there was an in house rule like this, but it's long since been discarded.

The infamous THEY CAME FROM WITHIN incident has been explained before, but it bears repeating. About two weeks before the 3rd annual Sci-Fi marathon, Boston was clobbered by the Blizzard of '78. Unless you were a police, fire or medical worker, it was illegal to drive in Boston for a week. All sorts of things were cancelled or closed. Cabin-fever set in..... And then it was time for the marathon! In the larger auditorium, seating about 400, in the afternoon there was a brief introduction for this film from an unknown Canadian director. If you've never seen it, this is my memory of how the film begins: A young schoolgirl, maybe 15, is returning to her apartment building. A middle aged man is chasing her. She tries to escape into her apartment, but he forces his way in and chases her around the room, finally catching and strangling her on the couch. He picks her up, puts her on a table and rips open her blouse. From a medical bag he was carrying he takes out a bottle and a scalpel, cuts her open, pours acid into the cut, and then cuts his own throat. This was 1978, pre-home video, pre-a lot of things that have desensitized us over the years and, while the intro had hinted that this might be a bit rough, this was Cambridge, political-correctness central. At least 100, maybe 150, people got up and walked out on the film. The rest of the film is rather mild in comparison to the brutal shock value of that opening scene. Among the walkouts were two who met and shared their dislike for the film. They went on to marry and, if I'm not mistaken, breed a new generation of marathoid. It was memorable. Next year will be the 30th anniversary!

Meanwhile it's sounding as if we'll have to make do with the PG-rated FLESH GORDON trailer.

West Roxbury and the time/space continuum? Only in Massachusetts do you go south-southeast to get from Northborough to Westborough and east to get from Northborough to Southborough. Them wacky Spacing Guild Navigators musta got loose out there! Or was it the Mooninites?

Okay, I just saw the trailer for Black Sheep.

We totally need to have a combo or back-to-back showings of Food Of The Gods and Black Sheep!! Those two would make a great pair.

Here's the link to the Black Sheep trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/blacksheep/trailer/